Harold Grant Pigott (20 August 1894 – 26 August 1979) was an Antiguan-born

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

who served as

Bishop of the Windward Islands The Anglican Diocese of the Windward Islands is one of eight dioceses within the Church in the Province of the West Indies, Province of the West Indies. The current bishop is Leopold Friday. History Source: The diocese was established on 8 Novembe ...

from 1962 until 1969. He was educated at the Codrington College, Barbados and

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

in 1918. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941 After a curacy at St Lucy,

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...

, he was Rector of

Barrouallie Barrouallie is a town located on the island of Saint Vincent. It was established by French settlers in 1719, the first European colony on St. Vincent. With the rest of the island, it passed back and forth between the French and the British, fina ...

and Calliaqua on St Vincent. After this he was

Archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ...

of St Vincent and then

Grenada Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...

before his appointment to the

episcopate A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

References

1894 births Alumni of Codrington College 20th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean Anglican bishops of the Windward Islands Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 1979 deaths Archdeacons of Grenada Archdeacons of St Vincent Deans of St George's Cathedral, Kingstown {{Christian-clergy-stub